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Kilwa
Haut-Katangatown
Total population
6,000
Air quality index
Demographic figures from INS DRC. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Overview
Kilwa is a small town that lies in Haut-Katanga, DR Congo. Recent open-data figures place its population at about 6,000. Geographically it lies in the southern hemisphere at a equatorial latitude (-9.277°, 28.333°). The location receives about 2,048 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year and sunshine for roughly 80% of daylight hours. Climatically, locations at this latitude tend to experience hot and humid year-round with little seasonal temperature variation. The sections below expand on demographics, weather, terrain, hazards and nearby points of interest using publicly available datasets.
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History & geography
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Papyrus Yellow-WarblerCalamonastides gracilirostris (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906) · Aves1
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.4 — 2022-09-14109 km WSW of Nchelenge, Zambia
- M 4.1 — 2020-08-0163 km WSW of Nchelenge, Zambia
- M 4.6 — 2020-07-2531 km WSW of Nchelenge, Zambia
- M 5.1 — 2015-08-1939 km SSW of Nchelenge, Zambia
- M 4.7 — 2012-06-1464 km W of Nchelenge, Zambia
- M 4 — 2011-07-0128 km NNW of Kawambwa, Zambia
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Haut-Katanga
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Books about this place
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Sources
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org